Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-31

There are a great many pOrters
attached to the royal establishment,
the list being headed with the gen.
tlemen porters, who draw good sala-
ries in addition to board wages, an
assistant porter and three groom
porters. The gentlemen porters are
only required to be on duty in alter
nate weeks, and, therefore, have a
very easy time of it. Next IN rank
to item come the ten state porters,
namely, a Sergeant Porter-who is
dubbed Esq five yeoman porters,
and four under porters. There are
also ten night porters, who receive a
guinea each weekly, and a good sup
per nightly, the remnants of which
they are permitted to carry home
with them the next morning; first
and second lamplighter, with one
hundred pounds a year each, beside
lodging-money and bOard-wages and
seven Observation-Disclosures. This
number existed before the introduc-
ton Of gas, so there has been no ben
eft derived from the inventiOn-at
least not on the side of economy
in the Queens household. In the
Stewards room, there are a yeoman
and five assistants and in the serv-
ants hall, an usher and three assist
ants.
There is a regular court of justice
attached to the Queens Household,
with its officers and necessary police
conStables 1t is called the Court of
the Marshalsea and the expense of
keeping it up costs about one thous-
and nine hundred and twenty-four
pounds in salaries alone. This an
cient court dates from the reign of
Henry VIII; and its duty is to ad-
minister justice between the Queen S
domestic servants, ''that they may
not be drawn into other courts, and
thereby the king lose their services. ."
As we have already stated, the Lord
Steward is the judge, and his juris-
dictiOn extends to all places within
twelve miles of Whitehall.
The ght-Marshal, or chief of
the police of this court within a
court, receives five hundred pounds a
year; and there are eight Marshal
men, with one hundred pounds each
a year and fees; their duties being,
principally, to attend the entrance to
the House of Lords when the peers
are sitting and at levees and draw
ing-rooms at ST. James Palace.
There is one more office to mention
before we have done with the Lord
Stewards department, and that is the
Almonary, the two principal officers
of which are the Hereditary Grand
Almoner-held by the Marquis of
Exeter-and the Lord High Almoner
held by the Dean of Windsor.
These are entirely honorary appoint
ments. The former distributes at
coronations the aims collected in a
silver dish, retaining the dish as his
fee; while the latter superintends the
distribution of the royal aims on
Maundy-Thursday, and twice year
at the office in Scotland Yard. There
is also a Secretary to the AlmOnary,
whose salary is three hundred and
fifty pounds per annum, or about the
amount distributed to the poor on
Maunday-Thursday.
Next to the Lord Stewards depart
ment comes that of the Lord Cham
berlain, whose duties are very num-
erous and important. They include
the superintendent of all the officers
and servants belonging to the Queens
chambers excepting those of the Bed
chamber, who are under the Groom
of the Stole; of the officers of the
wardrobe at all Her Majesty's houses /;
of the removal of beds, wardrobes
and tents; of revels, music, comedi-
ans, huntsmen, messengers, artisans,
heralds, physicians, apothecaries and
chaplains. He is also supposed to
inspect the charges for corOnations,
royal marriages, public entrees, cav
alcades, funerals, and furniture in
the Houses of Parliament and rooms
for receiving addresses to the Queen.
The Lord Chamberlain's salary is
two thousand pounds per annum
and he has a vice-chamberlain to as
sist him, whose salary is nine hum
dred and twenty-four pounds year.
He has also comptroller of accounts,
an inspector of accounts, three clerks,
a porter and three messengers, the
united salaries of these officials
amounting to three thousand one hum
dred and ten pounds.
In this department come also the
keeper of Her Majesty's Privy Purse,
whose duty it is to act as a kind of
financial secretary to the Queen sign
ing all checks on the Queens bankers
and making payments to various peo-
pie and for various objects, as Her
in the exercise of her be-
may be pleased to direct.
The salary attached to this office is
also two thousand pounds per annum,
being percentage of three pounds
six shillings and eightpence on Her
Majesty's Privy Purse of sixty thous-
and pounds.
Next in rank in the Lord Chamber
Iain's department are the Mistress of
the robes, with a salary of five hun